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Coronavirus committee: Meat companies lied about impending shortages and put workers at risk

New York CNN Business — At the height of the pandemic, as the coronavirus infected tens of thousands of meat industry workers and caused hundreds to die, executives at the nation’s largest meat producers were aware of the transmission risk in their plants and successfully lobbied the Trump White House and the USDA to circumvent […]

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Biden finally admits inflation a ‘real tough problem,’ suggests it may get worse

President Biden said Tuesday that soaring inflation was “a real tough problem to solve” and warned it could get worse before it gets better — while offering no new ideas to stem rising prices. “It’s really complicated. I’m not suggesting American people can’t understand it. They understand it, but they have, you know, they’re working […]